Many thanks to a long term activist whose name I won’t mention. Don’t forget to take a bust card from your local event page. Also have the emergency details of a solicitor written on your arm. If there isn’t one you can find a bust card on GreenBlack Cross website but this won’t have the… Continue Reading Protest Advice
A National Independent Living Support Service
Download report here: NILSS_final The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance, a network of disabled people and our organisations in England, is asking for support for a bold new vision for independent living* for the future. (* The phrase ‘independent living’ is not about disabled people doing things on our own, it means having choice and control… Continue Reading A National Independent Living Support Service
Free Railcard for unemployed people
If you’re on jobseeker’s allowance or claiming universal credit you may be able to get a free railcard from the jobcentre which gives 50% off many rail tickets, thanks to a little-known discount scheme. For more information, click this link
DPAC position statement and motion for union branches on Universal Credit
Why Universal Credit must be stopped and scrapped. Universal Credit is the punishing regime due to be more widely imposed on people with low incomes both those in and out of work. DPAC believes that UC has too many flaws to be simply paused and fixed – it must be stopped and scrapped. UC is… Continue Reading DPAC position statement and motion for union branches on Universal Credit
Warning – take care when posting to facebook
Remember to be careful when putting things on your Facebook profile. We know that many of you put a brave face on and most photos don’t tell the full story. However DWP will use screen grabs of you smiling as evidence that you are not in pain. I’m in court today for a fraud case… Continue Reading Warning – take care when posting to facebook
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The loss of ILF doesn’t just affect ILF users-it affects everyone
We’re all in it together – aren’t we? from Moore Lavan Films on Vimeo.
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John McDonnell MP Praises DPAC at DPAC national Conference 2014
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Video from outside Courts of Justice 13th March 2013: Challenging DWP on the Closure of ILF
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Time: 9am Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024 Place: outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL The legal challenge against the consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) will be heard in the high court on 10 and 11 December. DPAC is holding a vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice… Continue Reading Vigil outside high court for case against consultation on WCA changes
For those wanting to watch the debate on the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill with peer support or just to be with fellow Disabled people, allies and campaigners while the debate and vote are happening, there will be an informal session on zoom to join from 9.30 – 4.30pm… Continue Reading Peer Support – Assisted Suicide Debate and Vote
People with terminal illness and people living with mental distress are not mutually exclusive groups. We die too We also die earlier, largely due to preventable physical illnesses.[1] People living with “Severe Mental Illness” face one of the greatest health equality gaps in England. Our life expectancy is 15–20 years shorter than that for the… Continue Reading Why Mental Health is Relevant to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
People with terminal conditions are by Disabled by definition. Disabled people make up nearly one in four of the population and we die too. We are more likely to live in pain, to die early and to die from preventable illnesses. Disabled people are disproportionately reliant on public services including the NHS, social… Continue Reading Why the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill does affect Disabled people
